Langille
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- Dec 20, 2016
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- Nova Scotia, Canada
Been trying to find info for a couple of days without much luck. Car is parked waiting on parts / advice so any help would be MUCH appreciated.
Lowered my 240 last month, put on custom wheel spacers that were measured to fit, but the tires are rubbing just a bit on the back of the rear fenders. The ideal thing would be to move the rear wheels ahead.
I found this thread that does seem to suggest that shortening the torque rods does bring the rear wheels ahead, but I'm just looking for a definiitive answer before I take the plunge and order torque rods tomorrow: https://forums.tbforums.com/showthread.php?t=195465
Questions: Show everyone how much you know!
1) Can adjustable torque rods move the rear wheels ahead? I understand that the action of these is to rotate the rear axle assembly into alignment, but I wouldn't expect the centre of that rotation axis to be exactly the wheel centre. Hoping that shorter torque rods = wheels move ahead, even if it's only a little bit. Please school me on this.
2) With shortened trailing arms is there any need to modify the driveshaft or is there enough play in it to handle trailing arms that have been shortened 10-20mm?
Thanks in advance!
Lowered my 240 last month, put on custom wheel spacers that were measured to fit, but the tires are rubbing just a bit on the back of the rear fenders. The ideal thing would be to move the rear wheels ahead.
I found this thread that does seem to suggest that shortening the torque rods does bring the rear wheels ahead, but I'm just looking for a definiitive answer before I take the plunge and order torque rods tomorrow: https://forums.tbforums.com/showthread.php?t=195465
Questions: Show everyone how much you know!
1) Can adjustable torque rods move the rear wheels ahead? I understand that the action of these is to rotate the rear axle assembly into alignment, but I wouldn't expect the centre of that rotation axis to be exactly the wheel centre. Hoping that shorter torque rods = wheels move ahead, even if it's only a little bit. Please school me on this.
2) With shortened trailing arms is there any need to modify the driveshaft or is there enough play in it to handle trailing arms that have been shortened 10-20mm?
Thanks in advance!